Also sprach Kurt Yoder (Tue 01 Jul 02003 at 08:46:41PM -0400): > > Did you look through the amcheck debug files that you saw in > /tmp/amanda?
Yes, since posting, I found an archived post suggesting this, in which I find new information. However, I cannot understand its meaning: # cat /tmp/amanda/amandad.20030701171859.debug amandad: debug 1 pid 25109 ruid 34 euid 34 start time Tue Jul 1 17:18:59 2003 /usr/lib/amanda/amandad: version 2.4.2p2 /usr/lib/amanda/amandad: build: VERSION="Amanda-2.4.2p2" /usr/lib/amanda/amandad: BUILT_DATE="Tue Apr 2 21:24:21 UTC 2002" /usr/lib/amanda/amandad: BUILT_MACH="Linux cyberhq 2.4.18pre2 #1 SMP Tue Jan 8 18:13:43 PST 2002 i686 unknown" /usr/lib/amanda/amandad: CC="gcc" /usr/lib/amanda/amandad: paths: bindir="/usr/sbin" sbindir="/usr/sbin" /usr/lib/amanda/amandad: libexecdir="/usr/lib/amanda" mandir="/usr/share/man" /usr/lib/amanda/amandad: AMANDA_TMPDIR="/tmp/amanda" AMANDA_DBGDIR="/tmp/amanda" /usr/lib/amanda/amandad: CONFIG_DIR="/etc/amanda" DEV_PREFIX="/dev/" /usr/lib/amanda/amandad: RDEV_PREFIX="/dev/r" DUMP="/sbin/dump" /usr/lib/amanda/amandad: RESTORE="/sbin/restore" SAMBA_CLIENT="/usr/bin/smbclient" /usr/lib/amanda/amandad: GNUTAR="/bin/tar" COMPRESS_PATH="/bin/gzip" /usr/lib/amanda/amandad: UNCOMPRESS_PATH="/bin/gzip" MAILER="/usr/bin/Mail" /usr/lib/amanda/amandad: listed_incr_dir="/var/lib/amanda/gnutar-lists" /usr/lib/amanda/amandad: defs: DEFAULT_SERVER="localhost" DEFAULT_CONFIG="DailySet1" /usr/lib/amanda/amandad: DEFAULT_TAPE_SERVER="localhost" /usr/lib/amanda/amandad: DEFAULT_TAPE_DEVICE="/dev/null" HAVE_MMAP HAVE_SYSVSHM /usr/lib/amanda/amandad: LOCKING=POSIX_FCNTL SETPGRP_VOID DEBUG_CODE /usr/lib/amanda/amandad: AMANDA_DEBUG_DAYS=4 BSD_SECURITY USE_AMANDAHOSTS /usr/lib/amanda/amandad: CLIENT_LOGIN="backup" FORCE_USERID HAVE_GZIP /usr/lib/amanda/amandad: COMPRESS_SUFFIX=".gz" COMPRESS_FAST_OPT="--fast" /usr/lib/amanda/amandad: COMPRESS_BEST_OPT="--best" UNCOMPRESS_OPT="-dc" amandad: dgram_recv: timeout after 30 seconds amandad: error receiving message: timeout error receiving message: timeout amandad: pid 25109 finish time Tue Jul 1 17:19:29 2003 > Can you manually connect to the services in question? (eg telnet > localhost 10082, etc)? Yes, and no . . . # telnet localhost 10080 Trying 127.0.0.1... telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused # telnet localhost 10082 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. Connection closed by foreign host. # telnet localhost 10083 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. Connection closed by foreign host. > Your /etc/amandahosts has localhost commented out. If you're > connecting to localhost this could be a problem. Also, my > amandahosts is in /var/backup/.amandahosts, and I'm also running > Debian. Unless > /etc/amandahosts is a symlink to /var/backup/.amandahosts, you might > try adding your entries there. # ls -al /var/backups/.amandahosts lrwxrwxrwx 1 backup backup 16 Jun 30 23:56 /var/backups/.amandahosts -> /etc/amandahosts As I added in a previous exchange, much of the archives and Faq-O-Matic strongly opposes use of localhost -- a point that interests me; but, has little bearing on my particular solution ;> What do you think? > On Tuesday, July 1, 2003, at 07:36 PM, Michael D. Schleif wrote: > > > Hi! I installed amanda on a Debian Woody system, and everything > appears > > to be configured properly. amcheck -lstw runs without incident. > > > > However, I am victim to what appears to be the most common problem: > > > > selfcheck request timed out. Host down? > > > > I have scoured the Faq-O-Matic, and I list below the results of > all the suggested fixes. > > > > What do you think? -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 877.596.8237 - Dare to fix things before they break . . . - Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . --
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